Comments on: Colin Orviss, Senior VP of Patni Telecoms on the iPhone 2.0 http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/colin_orviss_senior_vp_of_patni_telecoms_on_the_iphone_20.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/colin_orviss_senior_vp_of_patni_telecoms_on_the_iphone_20.html/comment-page-1#comment-243340 Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:48:12 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6816#comment-243340 Question on the iPhone price: It does not appear to me they lowered the price. They now charge $10 more am month for their services and make the customer sign a two year contract. This means an increase in total out of pocket expense of $240, thereby bringing this iPhone cost, (as compared to the 2g model with $10 less a month), up to $439. <br><br>So I ask again, did they really lower the cost? Apple seems to have found a way to get around the biggest hurdle as to why folks didn't buy it, cost, by hiding a new monthly fee, and also a way to increase revenue by putting the apps via iTunes easily accessible on the iPhone.<br><br>Seems like this is a pretty good marketing move by iPhone. Question on the iPhone price: It does not appear to me they lowered the price. They now charge $10 more am month for their services and make the customer sign a two year contract. This means an increase in total out of pocket expense of $240, thereby bringing this iPhone cost, (as compared to the 2g model with $10 less a month), up to $439.

So I ask again, did they really lower the cost? Apple seems to have found a way to get around the biggest hurdle as to why folks didn't buy it, cost, by hiding a new monthly fee, and also a way to increase revenue by putting the apps via iTunes easily accessible on the iPhone.

Seems like this is a pretty good marketing move by iPhone.

]]> By: Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/colin_orviss_senior_vp_of_patni_telecoms_on_the_iphone_20.html/comment-page-1#comment-235058 Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:48:12 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6816#comment-235058 Question on the iPhone price: It does not appear to me they lowered the price. They now charge $10 more am month for their services and make the customer sign a two year contract. This means an increase in total out of pocket expense of $240, thereby bringing this iPhone cost, (as compared to the 2g model with $10 less a month), up to $439. <br><br>So I ask again, did they really lower the cost? Apple seems to have found a way to get around the biggest hurdle as to why folks didn't buy it, cost, by hiding a new monthly fee, and also a way to increase revenue by putting the apps via iTunes easily accessible on the iPhone.<br><br>Seems like this is a pretty good marketing move by iPhone. Question on the iPhone price: It does not appear to me they lowered the price. They now charge $10 more am month for their services and make the customer sign a two year contract. This means an increase in total out of pocket expense of $240, thereby bringing this iPhone cost, (as compared to the 2g model with $10 less a month), up to $439.

So I ask again, did they really lower the cost? Apple seems to have found a way to get around the biggest hurdle as to why folks didn't buy it, cost, by hiding a new monthly fee, and also a way to increase revenue by putting the apps via iTunes easily accessible on the iPhone.

Seems like this is a pretty good marketing move by iPhone.

]]> By: Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/06/colin_orviss_senior_vp_of_patni_telecoms_on_the_iphone_20.html/comment-page-1#comment-227991 Giff Gfroerer, i2SMS Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:48:12 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=6816#comment-227991 Question on the iPhone price: It does not appear to me they lowered the price. They now charge $10 more am month for their services and make the customer sign a two year contract. This means an increase in total out of pocket expense of $240, thereby bringing this iPhone cost, (as compared to the 2g model with $10 less a month), up to $439. <br><br>So I ask again, did they really lower the cost? Apple seems to have found a way to get around the biggest hurdle as to why folks didn't buy it, cost, by hiding a new monthly fee, and also a way to increase revenue by putting the apps via iTunes easily accessible on the iPhone.<br><br>Seems like this is a pretty good marketing move by iPhone. Question on the iPhone price: It does not appear to me they lowered the price. They now charge $10 more am month for their services and make the customer sign a two year contract. This means an increase in total out of pocket expense of $240, thereby bringing this iPhone cost, (as compared to the 2g model with $10 less a month), up to $439.

So I ask again, did they really lower the cost? Apple seems to have found a way to get around the biggest hurdle as to why folks didn't buy it, cost, by hiding a new monthly fee, and also a way to increase revenue by putting the apps via iTunes easily accessible on the iPhone.

Seems like this is a pretty good marketing move by iPhone.

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